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the bottom line is that jay carney is being careful. he is not getting ahead of the facts in this case. the federal government was working with state and local law enforcement officials to deal with the early stages of this investigation. he did not want to confirm anything in terms of numbers or how this shooting played out. he also did not want to get into how the president personally reacted to this. clearly, you know that the president is a father himself and realizes the depth of the tragedy. the president is very likely to come out at some point this afternoon and addresses tragedy. megyn: is it possible that we will hear from the president himself drucker today? >> yes, it is very likely. i think having been to this before, where there has been tragedies like this, president bush, president obama, where they wait a little bit longer to figure out the facts and figure out how deep the tragedy is. once they have a better handle on that, jay carney said it was likely we would see the president come out. reporter: here is jay rney mo
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i guess press secretary jay carney wouldn't get too specific about that plan today. >> that's right. look, the president got high marks for those remarks he mentioned last night at that prayer vigil. i was there. across the political spectrum, people were saying it's perhaps struck the right tone. maybe there will be some action. but there is a way to have a reason debate to find out the best solution. jay carney, when pressed today on exactly what the president is going to do, was not very specific at all. didn't have a clear battle plan at all. so didn't even have a time line of how quickly he would move. take a listen. >> i think that it's part of it, but it is far from all of it. as you know, the president has taken positions on common sense measures that he believes should be taken to help address this problem, but he made clear that more needs to be done. >> that was a question about gun control, not as specific and firm in terms of the president last night, saying that he really wants to do something to protect children, although we're told that this afternoon, the president,
i guess press secretary jay carney wouldn't get too specific about that plan today. >> that's right. look, the president got high marks for those remarks he mentioned last night at that prayer vigil. i was there. across the political spectrum, people were saying it's perhaps struck the right tone. maybe there will be some action. but there is a way to have a reason debate to find out the best solution. jay carney, when pressed today on exactly what the president is going to do, was not...
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>> reporter: jay carney will be taking questions. something the president did not do. normally presidents have a news conference after their reelections. this was a chance for the president to lay count markers on where he stands and offer an olive branch to try to get this jump started. a lot of pressure on leaders in both parties. we have economists saying we could head into a double dip recession. you have had the markets rattle on wall street. so the president its coming off a strong victory tuesday night but is facing the real reality of governing as this has to be dealt with. i think you heard that he was saying he wasn't going to compromise his principles. he did not use the word mandate but all but claimed a mandate saying this balanced approach he's been talking about about raising taxes, that was fronts and center in the campaign and he says democrats won on that issue so it's time as he put it to get a majority of congress to agree with the will of the american people. his challenge is going to be that house republicans like john boehner have a mandate as we
>> reporter: jay carney will be taking questions. something the president did not do. normally presidents have a news conference after their reelections. this was a chance for the president to lay count markers on where he stands and offer an olive branch to try to get this jump started. a lot of pressure on leaders in both parties. we have economists saying we could head into a double dip recession. you have had the markets rattle on wall street. so the president its coming off a strong...
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jay carney is going to speak right now. standby. let's listen to what they are saying about petraeus now. >> his policy agenda. he has confidence in the acting director in the cia and he has confidence in the military to carry out the various missions that he has asked them to carry out. on specific individuals and matters pertaining to the recent revelations i would refer you to the pentagon and the ig, on the one hand and to the fbi with regards to general petraeus. >> he's not shaking his head saying guys, look, we need a more credible, competent sense of leadership. >> he's not going to make grand pronouncements or decisions about things based on, you know, two situations, two individual cases. he's focused on the missions that the military is tasked with carrying out and the cia, and the general intelligence community is tasked with carrying out and with enacting his overall agenda, which encompasses not just national security policy but obviously domestic policy. yes. reuters, jeff. >> has the president spoken to general allen
jay carney is going to speak right now. standby. let's listen to what they are saying about petraeus now. >> his policy agenda. he has confidence in the acting director in the cia and he has confidence in the military to carry out the various missions that he has asked them to carry out. on specific individuals and matters pertaining to the recent revelations i would refer you to the pentagon and the ig, on the one hand and to the fbi with regards to general petraeus. >> he's not...
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. >> jay carney addressed what he called a complex problem. >> we as a nation have not done enough to fulfill our number one obligation which is to protect our children. >> but pro-gun laws are not the answer according to the libertarian cato institute. >> i think we could do a better job of identifying treating, helping, preventing people with mental issues from acquiring firearms. >> joe mentioned conceded that it might be time for a change. -- joe manchin. >> i do not know people need an assault rifle. i do not know people who need 30-round clips. >> many washington insiders to believe that congress will do something. it is too much of the hot-button issue not to. but the question remains what and when. gordon? >> thanks. apparently some people on wall street are betting some form of gun control will hurt gun manufacturers, despite rising sales in recent months. shares tumbled for a second straight day, the only two publicly-traded gun manufacturers. on wjla.com, you will find it a slide show of the victims and the way their community is honoring their memories. stay tuned at 6:30
. >> jay carney addressed what he called a complex problem. >> we as a nation have not done enough to fulfill our number one obligation which is to protect our children. >> but pro-gun laws are not the answer according to the libertarian cato institute. >> i think we could do a better job of identifying treating, helping, preventing people with mental issues from acquiring firearms. >> joe mentioned conceded that it might be time for a change. -- joe manchin....
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jay carney just wrapped up. he got a number of questions about whether or not this incident would insight president obama to get reengaged in the effort to bring about stiffer gun control laws. that is something that president obama has spoken about in the past. carney's reaction to those questions, andrea, is that today is not the day to discuss those types of topics. discuss those topics. today, the white house, this administration will be focusing on the victims in connecticut and really monitoring the situation there and providing assistance they might be able to to the people of connecticut. andrea? >> thank you so much. we are talking about newtown, connecticut. and it's about an hour and a half from new york city. and this with several victims in the danbury hospital and also as many as 26 may be dead, children as well as adults. all children and staff from the hospital -- from the school, rather, have been evacuated safely according to lieutenant paul vance of the state police. this is the reaction of th
jay carney just wrapped up. he got a number of questions about whether or not this incident would insight president obama to get reengaged in the effort to bring about stiffer gun control laws. that is something that president obama has spoken about in the past. carney's reaction to those questions, andrea, is that today is not the day to discuss those types of topics. discuss those topics. today, the white house, this administration will be focusing on the victims in connecticut and really...
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jay carney is reiterating that democratic talking point. it's the yin and y rachlt ng of these discussions. both sides need to negotiate. and they have to stake out their positions and this is one for the democrats. >> a lot of people look at this and say, it violates the spirit of what a lot of folks need to happen, which is to reform entitlements. i understand medicare say bigger problem than social security but it's all part of the same discussion in the end. >> yes, exactly it is. look, social security is not solvent over 75-year window. it's solvent for a reasonably short period of time but it needs more money to pay the benefits it's promised. either benefits have to be cut or revenue has to be increased. whatever -- however they describe the tract that negotiation is on, it is part of the long-term entitlement challenge washington and congress has to solve. >> all right. see if we could really be worried about them talking about taking it off the table. >>> fears of the fiscal cliff we're talking about right now, weak demand dragging
jay carney is reiterating that democratic talking point. it's the yin and y rachlt ng of these discussions. both sides need to negotiate. and they have to stake out their positions and this is one for the democrats. >> a lot of people look at this and say, it violates the spirit of what a lot of folks need to happen, which is to reform entitlements. i understand medicare say bigger problem than social security but it's all part of the same discussion in the end. >> yes, exactly it...
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you can see jay carney taking to the microphones there. we will monitor it for you as they get to news on newtown we'll bring it to you. across the country you saw signs of increased security at schools in the wake of this tragedy in connecticut. for instance, police recruits in million walkee undergoing training over the weekend to deal with tragic situations, similar to friday apartment rampage. as kids showed up to school possibly keying armed police officers in front of their school. how far should we go to keep our kids safe? dr. james shaw is a school security, safety and violence expert, a true expert at the chicago school of psychology and author of the book "jack and jill, why they kill" you spoke at the commencement ceremony at columbine high school shortly after the massacre there and you know what you're talking about when it comes to this adolescent side, i mean young, young people in this country, whether it's late teens or early 20s, committing mass murder. back then this is you april 20, 2000 saying, we must require of ours
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. >> that was white house spokesman jay carney and former army vice chief of staff peter tee ellie. jill kelley also received threatening letters from paula broadwell. now a 911 call is coming to light of kelley telling dispatchers saying she needed diplomatic protection. as the scandal widens, broadwell is holing herself up in the home of her brother near rock creek park. a jogger found broadwell's lost driver's license in the park and turned into the police. more bill is right after the break. stay with us. we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... [ voice of dennis ] allstate. with accident forgiveness, they guarantee your rates won't go up just because of an accident. smart kid. [ voice of de
. >> that was white house spokesman jay carney and former army vice chief of staff peter tee ellie. jill kelley also received threatening letters from paula broadwell. now a 911 call is coming to light of kelley telling dispatchers saying she needed diplomatic protection. as the scandal widens, broadwell is holing herself up in the home of her brother near rock creek park. a jogger found broadwell's lost driver's license in the park and turned into the police. more bill is right after the...
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this is the second day the jay carney refuse to get into that dispute. based on one anonymous source that allegedly was spoken to, he is alleging that the romney did not pay any taxes at all. this was from the washington fact checker on this review. they believe that this is an attack that is hitting mitt romney very hard. on one of his vulnerabilities about not putting out more tax returns and not telling how harry reid to stop it. brinkley, jay carney, per second, he said there is one way to end this issue. have mitt romney turn over more tax returns. the bottom line is, they want to see these attacks continue. it certainly helps the president politically. >> thank you very much for keeping up with the updates. shannon: the dispute is between governor romney and senator harry reid. senator harry reid speaks for himself. newark mayor cory booker criticize the president's attack on on governor romney's record having capital. at one point on a sunday morning, he called them nauseating. then there was senator dianne feinstein. she says the white house was
this is the second day the jay carney refuse to get into that dispute. based on one anonymous source that allegedly was spoken to, he is alleging that the romney did not pay any taxes at all. this was from the washington fact checker on this review. they believe that this is an attack that is hitting mitt romney very hard. on one of his vulnerabilities about not putting out more tax returns and not telling how harry reid to stop it. brinkley, jay carney, per second, he said there is one way to...
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jay carney laid it all out. let's take a look at what is in store for the second amendment in this country. >> he is actively supportive of, for example, senator feinstein's stated intent to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban >> i think we all know that every income tax filer in america is going to pay a higher rate coming january 1stiwl unles congress acts. so i believe it's important that we protect as manypfl americanñ taxpayers as we can. and our plan b would protect the americanw3 taxpayers who make a million dollars06 or less and 6 all of their current ratesbsl extended. >> sean: that was speaker boehner talking about protecting the taxpayers with his plan b. now it's a modified plan b. is that what the plan really does? here to debate that juan williams, author of the great destroyer, and david limbaugh is with us. if you go back, this is how far we've come in a year. go back to when the republicans were debate -- trying to get the nomination. tax increases. all
jay carney laid it all out. let's take a look at what is in store for the second amendment in this country. >> he is actively supportive of, for example, senator feinstein's stated intent to revive a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban >> i think we all know that every income tax filer in america is going to pay a higher rate coming january 1stiwl unles congress acts. so i believe it's important that we protect as manypfl americanñ taxpayers as we...
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the press secretary jay carney talks transparency at a white house briefing despite claiming to be the most transparent administration in history there are more than a few dark spots on the president's record will shed some light on the issue just ahead. and it's been two years to the day since the tunisian street vendor set himself on fire sparking the arab spring now there are new government leaders so what is really changed in the middle east to take a look back over the past couple years i mean. it's monday december seventeenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm christine for you're watching our team. while much of this country today is still in shock devastated over the deaths of twenty children and six adults murdered at a connecticut elementary school friday morning newtown connecticut has been described as a picturesque a quiet new england town and there are no words to truly describe the horror of what happened or the sense of loss residents there are feeling president obama spoke to the community yesterday evening in an attempt to try to bring the country together in this time of
the press secretary jay carney talks transparency at a white house briefing despite claiming to be the most transparent administration in history there are more than a few dark spots on the president's record will shed some light on the issue just ahead. and it's been two years to the day since the tunisian street vendor set himself on fire sparking the arab spring now there are new government leaders so what is really changed in the middle east to take a look back over the past couple years i...
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jay carney in a later clip you didn't play, to rank the priorities. is this a top priority? biel not try to rank those priorities. the fact is we've seen the president go full-court press on stimulus, obamacare, now tax hikes. they have to sort of draw some lines in the sand and pick their spots and it appears this is not something that is truth be told at the very top of their list. megyn: some in the wake of the tragedy we saw on friday and not just that one but the ones we've seen in recent weeks, have decided to take aim at folks on the right who do not support a renewed assault weapons ban. who believe in more robust second amendment gun rights. and take issue with their position. you know saying somehow they had a hand in this. somehow they should feel responsible for what happened. >> yeah. megyn: but the president appears to be on the same page in terms of actions with those very people. he ran for office he said he was going to support, he was going to press for an assault weapons ban. you saw jake tapper trying to get at, well, what specifically has he done? name o
jay carney in a later clip you didn't play, to rank the priorities. is this a top priority? biel not try to rank those priorities. the fact is we've seen the president go full-court press on stimulus, obamacare, now tax hikes. they have to sort of draw some lines in the sand and pick their spots and it appears this is not something that is truth be told at the very top of their list. megyn: some in the wake of the tragedy we saw on friday and not just that one but the ones we've seen in recent...
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>> they're laughing it offment jay carney was basically saying this is dead on arrival. while the senate majority leader harry reid said, look, he almost feels like this is a bad tv episode where the goal post keeps getting moved. take a listen. >> every time we got down to doing something with a long-term financial security of this country, they take that football and it's a charlie brown etch sewed. they jerk the ball away. >> just in the last few moments, the house majority leader eric cantor, has said that he believes the republican leadership has the votes to get the so-called plan b through the house when they vote on it thursday. the problem, though, is that senator reid says it would never get through the senate. so we're basically back to square one. forget about plan b. now we may have to go to c or d or e, one of those. >> shepard: all right. ed henry, thanks. there is apparently optimism. in fact, there is that a budget deal could be near and it showed on wall street. in fact, for every two stocks that fell, nearly three finished in the green. the dow jumped
>> they're laughing it offment jay carney was basically saying this is dead on arrival. while the senate majority leader harry reid said, look, he almost feels like this is a bad tv episode where the goal post keeps getting moved. take a listen. >> every time we got down to doing something with a long-term financial security of this country, they take that football and it's a charlie brown etch sewed. they jerk the ball away. >> just in the last few moments, the house majority...
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jay carney said at one point he looked around is anybody flying this plane. they were flying the plane. everybody was safe. the president back at the white house. >> shepard: what are republicans saying about working with the president trying to break this gridlock? >> the republicans are skeptical because they say that the president noted last night is he going to call mitt romney and invite him into the white house for a meeting to talk about how they can work together. the republicans say look he did the same thing with john mccain as president elect in 2008. both parties went to their separate corners in the end and didn't get a lot done together. republic strategists are saying if the president is serious about this second term maybe they can get business done. take a listen. >> i was interested in his remarks last night saying the best is yet to come. we would have liked to have seen some of that in the first four years. maybe is he serious this time. >> in an effort to try to show he is following up, we're told by white house aides that late in the eve
jay carney said at one point he looked around is anybody flying this plane. they were flying the plane. everybody was safe. the president back at the white house. >> shepard: what are republicans saying about working with the president trying to break this gridlock? >> the republicans are skeptical because they say that the president noted last night is he going to call mitt romney and invite him into the white house for a meeting to talk about how they can work together. the...
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saw jay carney a lot of questions about the scandal. one of the things i want to follow up here, and i think several reporters were trying to get to this, jay carney said a couple of times it was fbi protocol when the president was notify ed, you have an investigation that happens weeks, if not months but notified of general patreaus wednesday and general allen on friday. is the president satisfied that this is -- that he was notified in a timely manner? his satisfied with the fbi protocol in. >> well, i would refer to what jay said. he said the president is surprised this isn't what you're looking for the first week that you're elected. that the administration's moving swiftly on it and i expect they'll see it through. in the meantime i think that people will be looking for answers and the administration's looking to find the answers that the american people are looking for. >> do you know if there's anything afoot, any effort made on the white house behalf to change the fbi protocol so the president would be notified of these kind of
saw jay carney a lot of questions about the scandal. one of the things i want to follow up here, and i think several reporters were trying to get to this, jay carney said a couple of times it was fbi protocol when the president was notify ed, you have an investigation that happens weeks, if not months but notified of general patreaus wednesday and general allen on friday. is the president satisfied that this is -- that he was notified in a timely manner? his satisfied with the fbi protocol in....
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ed henley was live in the briefing room and now he's live here with the story. >> what jay carney was doing was blaming the situation on various things. the our fiend debt crisis and how that made the u.s. economy more difficult to turn around. he also blamed republican inaction on the president's jobs bill that was introduced to great fanfare to a joint session of congress. he doubled down today by charging republicans are rooting for failure on the economy, don't want to pass the rest of the president's jobs act. jay carney also while acknowledging the economy isn't good enough, found a way to blame the bush administration. >> friday's numbers were very far from where we want them to be, where the president wants them to be. but even those numbers again, another month of private sector job creation compare favorably by anyone's standards to losing 750,000. >> reporter: i asked whether the president is going to call republican lead towards white house to show how you are gentle the situation is, he said the president had democratic and republican leaders here for lunch a couple weeks
ed henley was live in the briefing room and now he's live here with the story. >> what jay carney was doing was blaming the situation on various things. the our fiend debt crisis and how that made the u.s. economy more difficult to turn around. he also blamed republican inaction on the president's jobs bill that was introduced to great fanfare to a joint session of congress. he doubled down today by charging republicans are rooting for failure on the economy, don't want to pass the rest...
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we heard from jay carney a short time ago. white house spokesman indicating that today was not the day to start the conversation about gun control and perhaps tightening gun control laws in this country. any indication at this point, any indication about when and if we might hear from president obama? >> white house press secretary jay carney saying it's likely to hear from president obama later on today. as you know, craig, it is customary when we see a tragedy such as the one unfolding right now in connecticut happen, president obama will often come out an give his reaction, express his sympathy so that's something that white house press secretary carney saying is likely today. president obama was informed about the shooting at 10:30 this morning by the national security adviser john brennan. he has been updated on this situation throughout the day. the white house at this point in time not revealing the president's reaction. they say it's too soon. they say the president is still getting information. so they're really going
we heard from jay carney a short time ago. white house spokesman indicating that today was not the day to start the conversation about gun control and perhaps tightening gun control laws in this country. any indication at this point, any indication about when and if we might hear from president obama? >> white house press secretary jay carney saying it's likely to hear from president obama later on today. as you know, craig, it is customary when we see a tragedy such as the one unfolding...
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normally when jay carney gets questions like this about the campaign. he will deflect them to his colleagues in chicago and saying look i only focus on policy. today when i asked a question about all of this, jay carney was ready with a snappy sound bite and basically for the first time from the podium he called mitt romney's campaign desperate. take a listen. >> ed, i would say that all of us who follow politics and policy, whether we're on this side or your side of the podium have seen circumstances like this where a campaign is having a very bad day or very bad week. and in circumstances like that, there are efforts made sometimes desperate efforts made to change the subject. >> carney went on to say he thinks that maybe even the romney camp has had an awful month not just a couple days or week. they obviously run the risk inside the white house of being a little bit overconfident. can i tell you they certainly feel go right now and they think mitt romney really messed up with this tape, shep. >> shepard: have they gotten into the context of what the
normally when jay carney gets questions like this about the campaign. he will deflect them to his colleagues in chicago and saying look i only focus on policy. today when i asked a question about all of this, jay carney was ready with a snappy sound bite and basically for the first time from the podium he called mitt romney's campaign desperate. take a listen. >> ed, i would say that all of us who follow politics and policy, whether we're on this side or your side of the podium have seen...
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jay carney being asked about syria. not preparing to cancel this helicopter contract with the same firm in russia is is providing choppers to syria which is killing its own civilians. >> -- in different forums, the united nations the friends of syria and elsewhere to isolate and pressure assad. we've taken new steps regularly with our partners to do that through sanctions and other means to help prop up or stand up the opposition, help it organize itself. provide it nonlethal assistance and humanitarian aid to the syrian people. we'll continue to do that. meanwhile the situation in syria is obviously terrible. assad's brutality is unacceptable. he will go down in history as a tyrant who will be loathed by generations of syrians who, who are the victims of his brutality. >> will the president be speaking with his russian counterparts about the attack helicopter issue ahead of the g20 or will that -- >> i would just say that this the, the issue of helicopters is part of a broader concern that we've expressed and we'll con
jay carney being asked about syria. not preparing to cancel this helicopter contract with the same firm in russia is is providing choppers to syria which is killing its own civilians. >> -- in different forums, the united nations the friends of syria and elsewhere to isolate and pressure assad. we've taken new steps regularly with our partners to do that through sanctions and other means to help prop up or stand up the opposition, help it organize itself. provide it nonlethal assistance...
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let me start with you, lars, did jay carney drop the ball on that. >> he sure did. this would be an easy one you would think for somebody like the president or spokesman to condemn, to say that obviously it's going too far, obviously it's putting human life at risk, both the people who live in oakland, the police officers who have to respond to this. but remember, his boss is that old community organizer. he probably likes a little rumbling in the streets. the thing is, these are people who have never hesitated to condemn the tea party for all of the free speech that's done peaceably, and productively and without arrests and violence. when it comes to this kind of thing in oakland they can't condemn it, they couldn't say butter if they had a mouth full and it's shameful that carney and his boss couldn't do something about it. they could publicly condemn it and leslie could do it too. megyn: the president got in trouble for weighing in on a law enforcement matter in massachusetts with the police officer and it resulted in the beer summit. do you think he's just gun s
let me start with you, lars, did jay carney drop the ball on that. >> he sure did. this would be an easy one you would think for somebody like the president or spokesman to condemn, to say that obviously it's going too far, obviously it's putting human life at risk, both the people who live in oakland, the police officers who have to respond to this. but remember, his boss is that old community organizer. he probably likes a little rumbling in the streets. the thing is, these are people...
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jay carney said that again yesterday. and then he got some surprising support from tom coburn, conservative republican senator from oklahoma who said you know, the president on this thing is right. what's wrong with raising rates? >> personally, i know we have to raise revenue. i don't really care which way we do it. actually, i would rather see the rates go up than do it the other way because it gives us greater chance to reform the tax code and broaden the base in the future. >> bill: tom coburn saying personally, i don't care if rates happen to go up. maybe with that, there will be enough republicans who will be willing to buck the leadership of their own party to make a deal with democrats. are we wrong to be so optimistic? congresswoman donna edwards joins us in studio now. hey, congresswoman, how are you? i'm glad you're working today by the way. everybody else is -- congress went home yesterday right? >> well, after i leave here, i'm actually headed right to the hill. >> bill: oh, good. let me ask you about -- >> i
jay carney said that again yesterday. and then he got some surprising support from tom coburn, conservative republican senator from oklahoma who said you know, the president on this thing is right. what's wrong with raising rates? >> personally, i know we have to raise revenue. i don't really care which way we do it. actually, i would rather see the rates go up than do it the other way because it gives us greater chance to reform the tax code and broaden the base in the future. >>...
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. >> moments ago, jay carney refused to comment on any change in the personal views on marriage equality but said this about the vice presidents. >> i have no update on the president's personal views. what the vice president said yesterday was to make the same point that the president has made previously. the committed and loving same sex couples deserve the same rights and protections enjoyed by all americans. >> nbc news correspondent kristen welker joins me live from the white house. they're definitely walking a fine dance around this one. what the vice president came out and i believe authentically said over the week, at least his feelings about what he views for marriage equality. now the white house seems to be doing its best job at trying to keep itself in the conversation but respectfully so when it comes to its politics. >> reporter: absolutely. the white house taking the tactic that, look, there is not a lot of daylight between what the vice president said and the president has said in the past. interestingly, thomas, what the obama campaign is trying to do is to sort of shift
. >> moments ago, jay carney refused to comment on any change in the personal views on marriage equality but said this about the vice presidents. >> i have no update on the president's personal views. what the vice president said yesterday was to make the same point that the president has made previously. the committed and loving same sex couples deserve the same rights and protections enjoyed by all americans. >> nbc news correspondent kristen welker joins me live from the...
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still the white house press secretary jay carney wasn't ready to unveil specifics. >> it's a complex problem that will require complex solution. no single piece of legislation no single action will fully address the problem. so i don't have a specific agenda to announce to you today. >> one of the nation's leading proponents for gun regulation, mayor michael bloomberg, said he is prepared to use his own personal fortune for this cause. adding there's simply no need to wait for another tragedy to happen. >> if the massacre in tn
still the white house press secretary jay carney wasn't ready to unveil specifics. >> it's a complex problem that will require complex solution. no single piece of legislation no single action will fully address the problem. so i don't have a specific agenda to announce to you today. >> one of the nation's leading proponents for gun regulation, mayor michael bloomberg, said he is prepared to use his own personal fortune for this cause. adding there's simply no need to wait for...
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we're going to take a listen to jay carney at the press conference now. >> information becomes available about this incident, and as the day proceeds, if we get more information and as we get more information, we'll certainly provide it to you. i do not have anything to confirm for you at this point. the fbi is supporting state law enforcement, which has the lead as well as local law enforcement as they respond to and begin to investigate this incident. as i said, the president will receive regular updates as the day progresses. take your questions. >> one follow on that. can you relay to us the president's reaction or thoughts? obviously, the shootings are all of them are tragic. we're hearing some heinous numbers, and the fact that children were involved in this. >> i would rather not relay reactions at this point because i don't have any confirmation to give to you about what exactly has happened there or potential victims, so at this point i would rather just inform you that the president has been informed about the shooting, was informed at 10:30 and is being given regular updates a
we're going to take a listen to jay carney at the press conference now. >> information becomes available about this incident, and as the day proceeds, if we get more information and as we get more information, we'll certainly provide it to you. i do not have anything to confirm for you at this point. the fbi is supporting state law enforcement, which has the lead as well as local law enforcement as they respond to and begin to investigate this incident. as i said, the president will...
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although can i tell you spokesman jay carney at the speed yum today said not so fast. the state department is reviewing the keystone pipeline. they are not approving it yet, shep. >> shepard: what's the time line on a decision? do we know? >> it's going to be in the next month basically, shep. if you remember in december house republicans got a provision added to that payroll tax cut extension bill that basically said the president had 60 days to make a decision yes or no on the pipeline. now, in general, in talking to the council today, the president said he wants to move quickly on various proposals. take a listen. of your 35 executive action recommendations we have taken action on 33 of them. >> that's an attempt by the president to show he is moving boldly on various job creating proposals. when it comes to the keystone pipeline, jay carney says they are going to let the state department review this a little bit longer because they ventricle environmental concerns, shep. >> shepard: ed henry at the white house. the wildly popular web site wikipedia is joining thous
although can i tell you spokesman jay carney at the speed yum today said not so fast. the state department is reviewing the keystone pipeline. they are not approving it yet, shep. >> shepard: what's the time line on a decision? do we know? >> it's going to be in the next month basically, shep. if you remember in december house republicans got a provision added to that payroll tax cut extension bill that basically said the president had 60 days to make a decision yes or no on the...
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monday, jay carney, you heard me complain about it yesterday which was vague and fuzzy and mushy and full of generalities. yesterday, he got down to telling us some -- first of all he said the president would definitely support legislation in this area. he didn't do so in his first four years. no family at any gun control legislation legislation. so that was a big threshold and they said here is the kind of legislation we would support. >> first, he is actively supportive of, for example, senate feinstein's stated intent to refvise a piece of legislation that would reinstate the assault weapons ban. >> assault weapons ban, number 1, the president is behind. no. 2, common sense solution: >> he supports and would support legislation that addresses the problem of the so-called gun-show loophole and there are other elements of gun legislation that he could support. >> bill: right. so that's number 2. the gun show loophole 40% of guns today sold at gun shows. no background checks. we want to fix that. and distillsly, it's not just the guns. it's the ammunition. jay carney. >> people talk
monday, jay carney, you heard me complain about it yesterday which was vague and fuzzy and mushy and full of generalities. yesterday, he got down to telling us some -- first of all he said the president would definitely support legislation in this area. he didn't do so in his first four years. no family at any gun control legislation legislation. so that was a big threshold and they said here is the kind of legislation we would support. >> first, he is actively supportive of, for example,...
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also at the white house briefing, jay carney seemed to try and put the focus on the investigation and not ambassador rice's comments. >> people are more interested in talking points for a sunday show several months ago than finding out what happened in benghazi, bringing to justice who was responsible, and insuring we take action that prevents something like that happening again. >> also late tonight, harry reid said the three republicans are politicizing the benghazi matter, calling it, quote, outrageous. >> shepard: catherine herridge in washington. the white house and congress have five weeks to keep us from going over the fiscal cliff at the end of the year. that would mean automatic tax hikes and spending cuts at the same time and an economists say it could cause another resomething. the president met with congressional leaders from both parties, but harry reid says there has not been much progress since then. mike emmanuel is on capitol hill. republicans are asking for changes to social security and medicare. any common ground? >> shep, in public, it does not sound like it. top
also at the white house briefing, jay carney seemed to try and put the focus on the investigation and not ambassador rice's comments. >> people are more interested in talking points for a sunday show several months ago than finding out what happened in benghazi, bringing to justice who was responsible, and insuring we take action that prevents something like that happening again. >> also late tonight, harry reid said the three republicans are politicizing the benghazi matter,...
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a limited amount of time in the words of white house press secretary jay carney, but we also know that a lot of staff hours have had to go to dealing with this situation with generals petraeus and allen. yesterday this was the first press conference that we had a chance to ask jay carney about this situation. and he said that the president thinks very highly of general allen, of his service to his country, of the job he's done in afghanistan. and one reporter asked if he, if the president has the full faith, or if general allen, i should say, has the full faith of president obama. and here's what carney said. >> he has faith in general allen, believes he's doing and has done an excellent job at isap. and i would rephrase the pentagon for the process underway with regards to general allen. >> reporter: now carney downplayed questions on whether this whole situation illuminates something about the culture of military leadership. he said these are two events seeming to say they are two isolated instances, but zoraida, he did say that the president was surprised, i guess that's not particu
a limited amount of time in the words of white house press secretary jay carney, but we also know that a lot of staff hours have had to go to dealing with this situation with generals petraeus and allen. yesterday this was the first press conference that we had a chance to ask jay carney about this situation. and he said that the president thinks very highly of general allen, of his service to his country, of the job he's done in afghanistan. and one reporter asked if he, if the president has...
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white house press secretary jay carney holding a daily briefing today and talking about how tragic the events are and asked the initial response was. carney held off saying that it's too soon and the president waiting for details and made the point that president obama is watching these events unfold today as a father as much as he is wachi inwatching as a presid. the president reached out to fbi director mueller as well as the governor of connecticut malloy. now, president obama is very reminisce ept of the aurora, colorado, shooting and president obama spoke to the nation. he was middle in the campaign at that point. he suspended the events. spoke to the nation about how tragic it was, extended condolences to the people of colorado. i'm sure we'll hear similar comments of the president today. jay carney was asked earlier today about the fact that president obama has supported stiffer gun control legislation. he was asked if today was the day to renew the efforts. he said today is not the day to talk about policy but focus on the victims and all of the people who are suffering in conn
white house press secretary jay carney holding a daily briefing today and talking about how tragic the events are and asked the initial response was. carney held off saying that it's too soon and the president waiting for details and made the point that president obama is watching these events unfold today as a father as much as he is wachi inwatching as a presid. the president reached out to fbi director mueller as well as the governor of connecticut malloy. now, president obama is very...
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. >> jay carney may have said that, i have not heard president say that, since the elect, maybe that is splitting hairs i don't know, but if we do that if reraise rates we will kill 700,000 jobs. those will not be ceo jobs, those are people who are living paycheck to paycheck. neil: he feels that maybe democrats are cocky and self ashired they are going full throttle with this what do you think? >> the fact they might go full not olnot old that. does not mean we should surrender, i intend to sticking to the principles, i am confident there are ways to compromise and find common ground to help us avoid the fiscal cliff, but it is not to surrender and raise taxes when we know it is going to make matters worse, if will make matters worse for the poorest among us. >> thank you senor. >> thank you. neil: do you remember pap pa john ceo who went out on a limb, and said that health care thing is a joke, it is going to cost jobs, he got in a lot of trouble, a lot of political heat, i want you to meet the guy who is leading the grassroots effort to hit back. i always wait until the last minut
. >> jay carney may have said that, i have not heard president say that, since the elect, maybe that is splitting hairs i don't know, but if we do that if reraise rates we will kill 700,000 jobs. those will not be ceo jobs, those are people who are living paycheck to paycheck. neil: he feels that maybe democrats are cocky and self ashired they are going full throttle with this what do you think? >> the fact they might go full not olnot old that. does not mean we should surrender, i...
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jay carney said the president misspoke. then the president said something sort of offered an admonishment for the media when they are covering his positions. this is from april 3. watch this. >> so as all of you are doing your reporting, i think it's important to remember that the positions i'm taking now on the binge the and a host of other issues -- if we had been having this discussion 20 years ago, or even 15 years ago, would have been considered squarely centrist positions. what's changed is the center of the republican party. and that's certainly true with the budget. megyn: do you sense any frustration by the president today on how the media are covering him? >> probably a little bit. i think that the way he just described that about the budget doesn't feel inaccurate to me. i largely chalk that up to a lot of the political reporters looking at these budgetary issues as too technical and they don't know the details of the history. it's been notable that a position that says having spending cuts two or three times big
jay carney said the president misspoke. then the president said something sort of offered an admonishment for the media when they are covering his positions. this is from april 3. watch this. >> so as all of you are doing your reporting, i think it's important to remember that the positions i'm taking now on the binge the and a host of other issues -- if we had been having this discussion 20 years ago, or even 15 years ago, would have been considered squarely centrist positions. what's...
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. >> jay carney commented earlier, they've condemned the rocket fire from gaza saying there's no justification for hamas' violence. he called on those to stop the cowardly acts immediately. our correspondent martin fletcher on the ground has covered that region for decades. he, too, expressed concern over the level of what we see now if i can put it this way, the air feels a bit different than before. >> there's no question it could escalate at any moment. at the same time i think at this time in 2008 you saw a lot more saturation bombing. you saw ground forces being prepared for land invasions. all of that could happen. you know, i think we shouldn't assume that it's going to escalate into a full-scale ground war quite yet. >> what about the show of force from israel releasing the video of that targeted attack on the hamas leader. i mean, when you watch this, obviously, we know the message that was being sent regarding this. >> well, that's an extraordinary piece of footage. i mean, it's just chilling and it's crystal clear destruction. i think here you also see there's a shift, and there mig
. >> jay carney commented earlier, they've condemned the rocket fire from gaza saying there's no justification for hamas' violence. he called on those to stop the cowardly acts immediately. our correspondent martin fletcher on the ground has covered that region for decades. he, too, expressed concern over the level of what we see now if i can put it this way, the air feels a bit different than before. >> there's no question it could escalate at any moment. at the same time i think...